Daily TIPs , Bandwidth , Geoengineering
Neil Savage wrote:
Comcast Sues FCC Over Bandwidth Cap
Comcast is suing to overturn a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission, Ars Technica reports. The FCC ruled in July that Comcast could not slow down the Internet access of users who share files over peer-to-peer networks. The dispute is part of a growing controversy over whether the Internet faces a data traffic jam and what service providers can do about it.
Is Geoengineering a Good Idea?
A number of ideas that go far beyond cutting down greenhouse gas emissions have been floated to combat the effects of global warming, such as seeding the atmosphere with reflective particles or placing giant mirrors in space to divert sunlight from the planet. The International Herald Tribune reports that some scientists say such plans could have unintended negative effects, while the Royal Society, a British scientific body, says they might become necessary regardles...
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Former US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has retaliated against Jackson Browne for filing suit against him for allegedly using his 1977 hit song ’Running On Empty’ in his advertising campaign without his permission. ... more
CBS News
GOP Faithful Like Palin, Romney, Huckabee in 2012Gallup Poll News, DC - 48 minutes agoRomney and Huckabee unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination versus John McCain, and McCain tapped Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. …Mike Huckabee in 2012? guardian.co.ukBlogging the Right Thing: “I Love Iowa” Culture11Huckabee won’t rule out 2012 run for president [...]... more
In a new series, which I just decided to start today called “Idiocracy Watch,” I plan to chronicle stories that expose the fact that the U.S. of A. is still a nation of stupid people who blend anti-intellectualism with racism to create ignorance and intolerance.
Today’s entry comes via Editor & Publisher , which has, since the election, been tracking stories of hate and bigotry related to our country having somehow elected a black man to the presidency. Here are some l... more
I think Holger Awakens says it all.Â
Did you get that? Only 2 percent of all muslims in America voted for John McCain - guess my vote for McCain was just justified once more! This poll is published over at C.A.I.R.’s website, which I refuse to link to here at Holger Awakens, so I will post the entire article at the bottom of this thread. But here’s a bit of the data:
The American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT) today released the results of a poll indicat... more
Real Estate , Online Advertising , Partnerships
Gregory T. Huang wrote:
Seattle-based Zillow , a real-estate website, announced today it is launching the country’s largest online real-estate ad network, together with 11 major newspaper companies (282 papers). The network is an extension of last fall’s newspaper partnership that allows local real-estate classified advertisers to buy ads on Zillow.com. The partners include Hearst Newspapers, publisher of th... more
Robotics , M&A , IRobot
Robert Buderi wrote:
Calling the undersea market “the next frontier” for robotics, iRobot announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire unmanned underwater robot and technology company Nekton Research of Raleigh-Durham, NC. IRobot said that it will pay $10 million up front for Nekton, with the potential to pay an additional $5 million if certain milestones are reached—and that the transaction is expected to clos... more
Life Sciences , deals , Antisoma
Ryan McBride wrote:
Glyn Edwards, CEO of British biotech firm Antisoma, has found just the tonic for both the particularly gloomy weather in London this year and the business risk his company once faced with only one experimental drug close to market approval: Cambridge, MA, drug developer Xanthus Pharmaceuticals.
Xanthus, which Antisoma (LON: ASM ) acquired in May for $52.2 million in Antisoma stock, provides Antisoma with two more pr... more
Biotech , cancer , Seattle Genetics
Luke Timmerman wrote:
The people at Seattle Genetics think they have a blockbuster-drug-in-the-making for Hodgkin’s disease. Tom Reynolds is the guy whose job it is to prove it to the world.
Few drugs ever demonstrate the kind of promise SGN-35 did in its initial clinical trial in June, says Reynolds, the company’s chief medical officer. The drug showed about half of patients had partial or total elimination of their tumors ... more
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